Photographs: Co.Cork

Montbretia Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora (Crocosmia aurea x pottsii) Feileastram dearg Family: Iridaceae Flowering: July-October. Perennial. Introduced. Garden escape. Terminal spikes of funnel-shaped bright orange flowers. The strap-like leaves are shorter than the flower stems and die down in winter and give protection to the corms. Height: To 100 cm A naturalised garden escape, locally very abundant in S and W Ireland, occasional elsewhere. Grows in woods and on dry banks and roadsides. Similar: Potts' Montbretia, Crocosmia pottsii

Montbretia, Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora, Feileastram dearg